Once they were safely home, Africa Contact made several complaints against the Swazi police and security services. Lutfo Dlamini, Swaziland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation denied point blank that anything had happened to them.

Now, in a letter to Africa Contact, the Danish Minister for Development Cooperation, Søren Pind, says, he takes the issue of mistreatment of Africa Contact’s members seriously.

‘Denmark has officially raised the matter with Swaziland through the embassy in Pretoria, emphasizing that we are seriously worried about these events. At the same time, we have stressed that we obviously expect the authorities to investigate this matter thoroughly, and that the necessary conclusions must be drawn from these investigations.’